Surge in SA Rhino poaching

Surge in SA Rhino poaching

Surge in SA Rhino poaching

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 01:20 PM PST

Figures from the South African government indicate that poaching for rhinoceros has increased markedly in the last year.

China's new leader - harbinger of reform or another conservative?

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 01:04 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - When Xi Jinping became the new leader of China's Communist Party two months ago, hopes were high for reform in the giant nation. But despite what appears to be sensitive handling of a strike by journalists and a challenge to Beijing's tight control of the press, signs of change seem tentative.

Kremlin says Russia-U.S. adoption deal still in effect

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:58 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said on Thursday that a bilateral agreement with United States regulating adoptions will remain in effect for another year despite a new Russian law banning Americans from adopting Russian children.

Afghan mission in 'last chapter'

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:50 PM PST

The US and Afghanistan have reached the "last chapter" in an effort to make Afghanistan secure and sovereign, the US defence secretary says.

Blasts in Pakistan Kill at Least 115 and Raise Fears Over Elections

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:32 PM PST

The bombings in Quetta and the Swat Valley offered harrowing evidence of how Pakistan's myriad internal conflicts may destabilize the country as elections approach.

Syria calls joint envoy Brahimi 'biased'

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:42 PM PST

A day after UN-Arab League emissary says Assad is dispensable, foreign ministry in Damascus replies with accusations.

Blasts in Pakistan Kill at Least 88 and Raise Fears Over Elections

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:32 PM PST

The bombings in Quetta and the Swat Valley, which wounded more than 270 people, offered harrowing evidence of how Pakistan's myriad internal conflicts may destabilize the country as elections approach.

Lives collapsing, again

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:56 AM PST

First their houses were destroyed by regime forces -- now Syrian refugees are battling to save their tents from icy floodwaters in hideous conditions.

Bombings in Pakistan Kill Over 100

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:33 PM PST

A series of bombings in different parts of Pakistan killed 115 people, including 81 who died in a sectarian attack on a billiard hall in the southwest city of Quetta.

Venezuela Celebrates Chávez---Without Him

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:52 PM PST

A throng of Hugo Chávez supporters flooded the streets of downtown Caracas, as his allies turned Mr. Chávez's inauguration ceremony into a massive demonstration of support for the absent, cancer-stricken leader.

Kurdish Activists Shot Dead in Paris

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:28 PM PST

Three Kurdish women, including a founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party were shot dead in Paris in execution-style killings.

Japan and Philippines to Bolster Maritime Cooperation

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:00 PM PST

The foreign ministers of Japan and the Philippines proclaimed their nations to be strategic partners that would collaborate more in resolving their separate territorial disputes with China.

Mom yanks python off child

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:21 AM PST

A toddler in Australia is attacked by a huge python while she sleeps, and her mom springs into action.

Saudi Arabia executes woman by beheading

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:07 AM PST

A young Sri Lankan woman has been executed with a sword in a small, dusty town in Saudi Arabia, thousands of miles from the lush jungles and idyllic beaches of the country where she grew up.

China's one child policy analysed

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:03 PM PST

Children growing up under China's one child policy are less trusting, risk averse and pessimistic, a study in the journal Science concludes.

Greek police beat up another 'illegal immigrant' who's actually a tourist

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:40 AM PST

Even after Greek police handcuffed him without giving cause, took his passport and beat him on three separate occasions as they dragged him to the station, South Korean tourist Hyun Young Jung insisted on being sympathetic. "I can understand them asking me for ID and I even understand that there may have been a case to justify them hitting me in the first instance," he told BBC News. "But why did they continue beating me after I was handcuffed?"

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Should more Africans be allowed to move abroad?

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:27 AM PST

On Thursday, Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Salopek announced he would walk from Ethiopia to Patagonia over the course of seven years, filing multimedia reports along the way in the hopes of capturing the "major global stories of our time."

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After Hurricane Sandy, Cleaning Up Sand and Returning It to Beaches

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 01:09 PM PST

As part of a 24-hour operation in the Rockaways, truckloads of sand washed away by Hurricane Sandy are being poured through super-size versions of children's toy sifters.

VIDEO: Google boss visits North Korea

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:41 AM PST

The chairman of internet giant Google urges North Korea to allow its citizens to use the internet following a visit to the secretive regime's capital.

Analysis: Hollande policy gaffes endanger French reform drive

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:04 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - On the campaign trail, Francois Hollande pleased working-class voters with promises of a super-tax on millionaires and sought to reassure foreign investors with commitments to restore public finances and revive French industry.

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